highflying
Americanadjective
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moving upward to or along at a considerable height.
highflying planes.
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extravagant or extreme in aims, opinions, etc.; unduly lofty.
highflying ideas about life.
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having a high cost or perceived value.
the highflying glamour stocks.
Etymology
Origin of highflying
Example Sentences
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Software stocks—rather than the usual highflying AI shares—led the run higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
White Sands is unique in that commercial planes cannot fly over it, allowing officials to test highflying weapons, including ones that could reach the edge of space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Advanced Micro Devices delivered a better-than-expected earnings report on paper, but investors seemed to want more from the highflying chip company.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Sophisticated hedge funds used them as funding shorts to amplify their bets on highflying semiconductor names, power stocks and shares of other companies cashing in on the massive AI buildout, McElligott said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Nay was it not, quite contrariwise, the Oeil-de-Boeuf, Bodyguard Colonel de Guiche, Minister Saint-Priest and highflying Loyalists; hoping also to drive him to Metz; and try it by the sword of civil war?
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
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